Is eBay Safe?

jmr · July 31, 2007, 12:15:19 PM

heres some ebay tours from the ebay help section

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/ebayexplained/tours.html#

Vapourstreak · July 31, 2007, 01:20:55 PM

thx

Vapourstreak · July 31, 2007, 08:57:08 PM

do you think its safe to buy this?

is the payment method 'Moeny Transfer/ bank deposit' safe? What do you do in that payment method?

mudlouse1 · July 31, 2007, 11:21:55 PM

Quote from: Vapourstreak on July 31, 2007, 08:57:08 PM

is the payment method 'Moeny Transfer/ bank deposit' safe? What do you do in that payment method?

they give you their account numbers, you tell your bank to send money to that account. there may be a charge at your end.

as for "safety", you'll probably have to rely on your bank if something goes wrong.

personally, i wouldn't buy from them because they only accept bank transfer and their feedback isn't as high as i'd like (for the amount of money i'd be spending). i don't have any bad experiences from hong kong sellers, except that vendors like to save money and cheap out on postage & packaging. crushed boxes and ripped envelopes are far too common.

Vapourstreak · August 01, 2007, 12:49:02 AM

so sould i get one from play-asia? its kinda expensive, tho

bitblt · August 01, 2007, 03:15:02 AM

I don't recommend doing bank transfers with eBay transactions because there is no way to get your money back. It's not normal for sellers to refuse PayPal or money order.

Perseid · August 01, 2007, 04:04:50 AM

Money Transfers are a bad idea. You don't get Paypal protection. It'll be expensive. You open yourself up to Nigerian scams. And so on.

And without looking at the price of what you're after, I can vouch for Play-Asia as being an overall cool place.

Vapourstreak · August 01, 2007, 12:20:19 PM

im gonna get it from play-asia. they have cool stuff

Perseid · August 01, 2007, 06:47:11 PM

Oh, yeah. I could spend half my paycheck there. Every week.

Vapourstreak · August 02, 2007, 12:40:43 AM

lol. ill get a white psp core.

Hi · August 07, 2007, 05:44:14 PM

If you plan on selling on E-bay, be really careful. It's funny, you're 11 right Vapourstreak? When I sold stuff on E-bay, two years ago, I was 11 to.

I made quite a bit of money, but selling on E-bay is a lot of work, atleast for me, and It MIGHT have something to do with being young. Certain sellers get very annoyed if their item isn't shipped immediately, for example.

If you decide to sell on E-bay, go ahead, as you may well make lots of money from things you'll never use again anyway. But I reccomend you sell only one thing at a time, make sure you ship stuff really quickly, and are generally extreamly careful not to make misteakes.

JimmyDodger · August 08, 2007, 09:11:39 AM

Rather than making a new topic, I'll just post my query here.

I'm planning to sell my Supercard SD with a Superpass 2 and a 2gb Kingston SD card. Would the auction be cancelled because of piracy? Like if I was to say theres games already on there? Or should I say something like just for homebrew, not for pirates.

Thanks.

jmr · August 08, 2007, 09:28:47 AM

@JimmyDodger

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/mod-chips.html

JimmyDodger · August 08, 2007, 09:52:09 AM

Quote from: jmr on August 08, 2007, 09:28:47 AM
@JimmyDodger

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/mod-chips.html

Hmm. Well, a few got past just searching 'supercard'.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Supercard-SD-for-Gameboy-Advance-GBA-GBA-SP-and-NDS_W0QQitemZ140145521108QQihZ004QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Perhaps I will just list them promoting homebrew, because I remember someone else doing that, saying not for roms and such, and it got past. I favourited the auction, which can be seen here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280136593758&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=018